I’ve always thought that there are three things you can do with metal: cut it, bend it, and join it. Sure, I knew you could melt it, but that was always something that happened in big foundries- you ...

Still from “Hadrian / Bronze Casting Using The Lost-Wax Technique” by Renana Aldor and Kobi Vogman (screenshot by the author for Hyperallergic) The ingenious ancient technique is beautifully ...

What is lost-wax casting? -- Metalworking in Bronze age China -- Was lost-wax casting used in Bronze age China? -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings I: the Xiasi Jin -- Further confirmed lost-wax ...

PARIS, FRANCE—The Washington Post reports that a team of scientists used a full-field photoluminescence technique to examine the molecular structure of a 6,000-year-old amulet discovered in Pakistan ...

Yesterday I tried to understand the lost wax method of bronze casting. First used in ancient China, later deployed by Greek and Roman sculptors to create their lifelike human figures, and still in ...

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* Sculpture is cut into pieces and covered with liquid silicone rubber, to make several two-part molds. * Sculpture is cut into pieces and covered with liquid silicone rubber, to make several two-part ...